THE CHINA MAIL,
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1961.
MACMILLAN SAID ALL OUT
TO JOIN COMMON MARKET
US$1.5 MILLION FOR TANKS
BELGIANS CHARGED WITH ROBBING UAR GOVERNMENT
Brussels, Junė 22.
. A Belgian court on Thursday accepted as legal the
action brought by the government of the United Arab Republic against two Belgian
London, June ZZ.
Members of Parliament were convinced today that Prime Minister Mac- millan has made up his mind to take Britain into the Common Mar-
This
ket if he can do so under reasonable terms.
of
Pagament Macmillary's thinking a2 or- Lived at by both members 01 the governing Conservative Jarly and the opposition La- Lourites:
Macmillan himself has re- sisted mounting pressure to ste- fine his policy in detail because of the domestic politient prob- lems involved in taking Britain into the Common Market,
Basic differences of opinion
on this subject have cut across House of Commons. Members believe, however, that Macmillan is beginning a campaign
the Common Market.
Darly lines on both sides of the
U.S. & Britain
to obey
obey ban on N-tests
London, June 23.
citizens who allegedly robbed the UAR govern-puble education in of Mr Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, in- ment of $1,500,000.
Earthquake recorded
Д
violent
Trieste, June 22, This city's Experimental Grophysics Institute re- corded
earth- quake at 1257 GMT today. The quake was calculated to be 470 kilometres from Trieste, with its epicentre In the vicinity of the Yugoslav-Albanian frontier.
-AP.
Success
-but no sleep
The defendants' lawyers hindi
AN INTERPRETATION
claimed the UAR could not sug This was the interpretation. private citizens, for various put on a speech made on Wed- reasons including UAR hastitysday in the House of Lords by towards Belglum end recent Lord Home, the Foreign Secre meantres against Belginns in tary. in the frankest defnition Egypt.
Yet of government thinking, Lord Bome pointed out the dim- But the court
ruled the culties involved but Egplian' state had neted as Britain in the long run coułu private trader in this case, not afford to stay out of this group- as a sovereign state using ita ing of France, West Germany, Raly, Belgium, the Netherlands Land Luxembourg,
powers,
FOREIGN
It ruled the Egyptian state must be considered as a foreign private citizen enlling upon
Belginn juster for the protce- tion of his interests cainst Belgian eliizens who caused hlm a prejudice,
asked if
The Common Market reeks to remove tariff barriers in a vast market covering more than 200 million
people. The market
population would reach 200 ml- Hons if Britain joined.
Home pointed out that it was great advantage to British in- dustry to have such a market Kingdom.
the doorstep of this Island
In May 1950, Egypt entrusted on General Osm Shedid with purchasing 143 army tanks in Belgium.
The $1,500,000
But
When General Shedid went to a bunk in Tangier, where the money had been later concent- rated, he found it had been cashed by a man claiming to be Ospan Shedid,
DIFFICULTIES
no
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in payment If Britain took advantage of were to be paid into banks in the prosperity inherent in this Tangier after the tanks had been system, she herself would "be delivered in Egyp1.
four in a posillon to export the months after the payment there feapital for which the Common- were still no tanks delivered.
wealth is hungry," he said.
Home played down the politi cal dimeulties of johding Common Murket. He said he could see
sm that any country in Europe was willing Sydney, June 22.
Lo surrender
significant Although they had not slept
amount of sovereignty. He was For 26 hours, the captain
The Egyptian stale brought clearly minimising any sugges-
of swindling, and co-pilot of Britain's action
em- tion the British might be ruled bezzlement and forgery against from abroad. record-breaking vulcan jet two men. a Julien D. (по bombor could not sleep second names available).
Hugh Gaitskell- and other moderate leaders of the opposi- last night. Tho jot roach-the manager of the bank,
tion labour Party have declined to commit themselves on the Common Market at this stage. They have just survived party revolt defence policies and do not want to stir up an- other squabble. Instead, Gaitskell and his close associates would like to see what sort of deal Britain makes with the other Common Market countries be- fare getting involved in detalled i parliamentary debate.
ed Sydney yesterday after left for Belgium.
Both defendants claim
a 20 hour non-stop flight returned to from England.
and
they to be court
Belgium tried impartially, The "The skipper and I were too decided to resume the trial next
September,-AP.
excited to sicep, so Around in munching frult and the fight," co-pilot Fught Lieut. D. Bromley said today. The other boys slept like dogs -but they had not been looking out into the sky for 20 hours." The Vulcan will give a demonstration
over night Sydney
then tomorrow, and
where it will fly to Adelaide remain for several days before returning to England by easy stages. China Mall Special.
sat pyjamas, our
discussing
INCOME TAX
Los Angeles, June 22. The U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue today fled income tax lens totalling $71,028 against entertainers Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, husband and wife. They alleged the couple owe that amount on 1959 income.—
AP.
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dicated today that the United States and Britain would continue to observe the ban on nuclear tests so long as the Geneva conference on nuclear tests continued.
Another boy!
Sydney, June 22. Mrs Estelle Drinkwater, 42; of Newcastle gave birth to her tenth successive son yesterday. She was hoping for a daughter.
A sister at the hospital said that Mrs Drinkwater had set a record for the hospital for the number of Bona.-China Mall Special.
Sharpeville
incident-
four guilty
Vereeniging, June 22.
He had earlier told questioners in the House of Commons: "It is our intention and that of the United States government to continue the conference and keep it in being and hope that a betler turn of affairs may come."
Mr Hugh Gaitskell, lender of the Labour Opposition,, asked the Prime Minister to comment on the recent statement by Mr Niklin Khrushchev, Sovlet Prime Minister, that the nuclear tesis questler, should be includ- ed in the general
discussions un disarmansent.
ENORMOUS.
Mr Macmillan replied: "I do nut honestly think that with all the enormous problems of dis- armament and its delays that it would help to get the nuclear test question seitled rapidly if now as the Russians
the suggest, to put into general disarmament discussion.
we are.
"I fear very much that it would get lost there rather than make progrCIS.
"However, that is the situa- tion. The conference has not?
test treaty.
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Four Africans were today been brought to an end and we PHOTOGRAPHS
found guilty hera of must hope that progress will in public violence and in due course be made." citement lott your at
In Washington, Mr Sharpevilla whore polico Rusk, the Secretary fire killed
or wounded told a press conference today taken by the South China more than 200 Africans. that the United States expected Sentence still is to be passed
to continue more on the four men who appeared with a alth who was found guilty of public violence only, and 14 others
were who acquitted on both counts.
The case was heard in the Bantu Affairs Commissioner's court before P.M. O'Brien.
Magistrate O'Brien sald in the court's view the use of fre- The Galtakeltes themselves. arms by police at Sharpeville however, give the impression during the disturbances on that the trend of events in
Morch 21 last
was Common Market membership. sweeping Britain along towards justified. AP.
Longest day of
the year
year
for the
Laiks in Geneva on a nuclear Morning Post, South China Sunday Post-Herald, ANA China Mail Staff Photo-
on Ylow In graphors aro the Morning Post Building.
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But he declined to speculato on the possibility of a resump- tion of unilaboral nuclear test- ing by the United States,
The Secretary of State sald that the United States would take advaninge of any opport unity that might be offered to conclude a test ban treaty which "But there also is no doubt provided adequate inspection that in fact there Was not and control. sumcient justincation very extensive use of rear which did take place," he said EVENTS RECALLED Recalling events which trig- gered last year's racial fareup und the five months state of emergency, the magistrale sold four of the guilty men took part in disturbances the night before the shooting and at some stage led the crowds.
he
The fifth man, Stefanus Lapce, sald, acted as leader at Sharpeville police stallon when a crowd of about 10,000 gather-
ed there on March 21.
O'Brien summed up:
"Thore
is n good deal of evidence that after the two shots were Ared
Salisbury, Juna 22. About 3,000 people saw the longest day of the year down on Salisbury plain horo yosterday after a from the crowd and the com- night of singing, dancing mencement of stone throwing. and carousing among the a few single police shuts were stones of pro-historie fred before there was general Stonchengo.
Bring by police, and that alzo
policemen hcard
White robed members of the many Order of Emuids who carry on word 'shoot. "--AP.
some of the practices of the pagan priesta of pre-Christians Britain waited all night to "hall the ligh as the first rays of the cup. struck the huge circle
of stones cuating a shadow on the central, "aftar,”
CARNIVAL
into a camiva).
Anderson new Chief of U.S.
the
United States did not intend At the same time he said the to merge the test ban talks with the general disarmament negotiations scheduled to start on July 31.
The Soviet Union has pro- nosed a merging of the two subjects,
Mr Rusk said because of the anco-operative attitude of the Soviet Union in the test ban Lalks, the West's hopes of a test ban agreement had received serious setback.-Reuter.
Latin American
situation worse,
Stevenson says
10 the
San Juan, June 22. Mr
Adiol Stevenson, US Ambassador
United Nations, told reporters when he arrived here today at the end of his Latin Ameican tour that ho had made a similar tour last President Kennedy today year and I think the situation
Naval Operations
Washington, June 22,
The men and women Druido nominated Vice Admiral George has deteriorated." dook the vigli seriously but W. Anderson to be Chler of 3,000 fecangers-1,000 more Naval Operations, succeeding "By that I mean that the than last year-turned the night Admiral Arleigh A. Burke. economic wants and social Anderson was nominated for funrest have, if anything two-year terin with the increased," he added, "but zo rank of admiral,
has official
of the Burke's retiremont will bo- neods for vencenic and social ecno effective on Aug. 1. He reform and progress and the will retire with a rank of growing menaco bt com ndmtrol-AP.
munism.”—dentor.
The Ministry of Works п floodlit Stonehenge this year for the first time in an attempt lo prevent rowdyism but this did not stop teenagers climbing the stones, China Mall Special.
GIANT DIAMOND REMAINS UNSOLD
London, June 22.
The largest unmounted diamond ever auctioned in Britain remained unsold today
whon 'record bidding failed to meet the owner's minimum price.
The auctioneer at Sotheby's j was not reached.
£123,000 (HK$2 million).. enlesroom bought in the The undet blider at £140,000 The world record for An magnificent, 70.48 carat dia- CHIC$2.240,000) was a lead mond at £140,000 (11133,320,- Ing. London jeweller.
New
000) when the price met by a
- anonymous, · French KRÝTOT
York diamond dealer Harr Winston dropped
atelloned unmointed stone
(HK$730,000) 48,000 plak diamond: măcă Bothoby's lol year—UPI.
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